TO JOHN PASTON I 1450, 02, 18?

Thys letter be delyuerd to John Paston, dwellyn jn the Indere In of the Tempyll + att London, in hast.

I grete yow well, and lete yow wete that thys day I was wyth my doughtyr yor wyfe, and che was in good hele att the makyn of thys letter, thankyd be God. And sche lete yor sustyr and me wete of a letter wheche ye sent hyr, that ye haue be laboryd to fore Sere William Oldhall to haue your sustyr and desyryng in the seyd letter to haue an answere in schort tyme who sche wyll be demenyd in thys matere. Yor sustere recomaundyt hyr to yow, and thankyt yow hertyly that ye wyll remembyre hyr and lete Page  32hyr haue knowleche there-of; and preyt yow that ye wyll do your deuere to bryng it to a good conclusyon, for sche seythe to me that sche trystyt þat ye wyll do so that it xall be bothe fore hyr worchup and profyt. And as fore me, if ye can thynke that hys lond standyt clere, in as meche as I fele your sustyr well wyllyd there-to I hold me well content. And as fore the oblygacyon of the person of Marlynferthe, wheche I sent yow by John Newman, I prey yow lete it be suyd; and as fore the person and Lyndesey, they be acordyd. And God haue yow in kepyn and send yow hys blyssyn and myn. Wretyn att Norwyche on Puluer Wedenesday. Be yor modere Angnes Paston